Police responded to the Bensonhurst home near Avenue P and West 8th Street around 10:15 p.m. Friday, when they found four people dead.
A man has been taken into custody, believed to be behind the stabbing deaths of four people inside a Brooklyn home, according to law enforcement sources.
A 56-year-old woman had multiple stab wounds to her neck, a 27 year-old woman had been repeatedly stabbed, and two young kids, 4 and 5 years old, had also been stabbed, police said. Police said it was the children’s father who walked into the apartment, discovered the horrifying crime scene and dialed 911.
Police said a 24-year-old man related to the victims had been placed into custody. Charges were not immediately announced.Law enforcement sources said that man is the children’s uncle and the son of the eldest victim, Fayzieva Mavlyuda. Neighbors said the family immigrated from Uzbekistan.Additional details surrounding the killings, including motive, were not immediately known. Investigators are looking into whether the tragic killings were related to a domestic dispute.
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